Pencil.



W. A. FRASER.

PBNGIL. n APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1909.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. FRASER, a citizen of the United States,and residing at New York,in the county of lNew York-and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencils, ofwhich the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make` anduse the same.

This invention relates to lead and crayon pencils; and it comprises apencil made u of separate detachably connected parts eacii part beingprovided With a lead or crayon point sharpened ready for use, theconstruction 4being such that when one pencil point or crayon has beenused up or substantiallyl so the part whicheholds it may be detached soas to expose another'part ready for use,

the detached part being connected with the opposite end of the pencil sothat thepencil will always be of the same length.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specication, of whichthe accompanying drawin forms a part,.in which the separate parts o myimprovement are designated by suitable reference characters in each ofthe views, and in which Figure lis a side view of a lead pencil madeaccording to my invention, Fig..2 a

h longitudinal section thereof and showing the cap used 'at the pointedend of the pencil detached, Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 2, but showingthe pencil partly used lip, Fig. I a view similar to Fig. 1, but'showing my improvement applied to or as a crayon pencil,

ig. 5 a longltudinal section of lthe crayon pencil shown in Fig. 4, Fig.6 a section side s view of one of the parts of my improved pencil, andFig. 7 a similar view of a pen'- cil point cap as shown in Figs. 1, 4and 5 detached.

In the 'practice of my invention as shown at the end of the pencil whichis designedvto serve as the pointed end, and a lug member a for use atthe opposite en said plug member being provided with an eraser a6.

The part a2 of the pencil, in the form of construction shown in Figs. 1to3 inclusive, is designed principally as a handle, and-in the followingdescription will be called the main part, while the arts as constitutethe pencil proper and wil lbe called lthe supple- -mental vparts andare' each provided with .alfencilpoint I he' formand construction of therparts a2, as, a* and a are clearly shown .in Figs. 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7,and the parts la", consistof cylind-rical portions provided at one endwith a socket a7, the outer-end rti'n of which is provided with aninterna thread as and at the opposite end with a conical projectionb,the base ortion of which is threaded as shownat 2, and the conicalprojection -b is provided with a socket adapted to receive a` shortpiece of lead or a lead -point b3.

It will be observed `that the threaded portion ofthe bases of theconical' rojections b are cylindrical in form in the orm Voi? con'-Vstruction shown, as is also the threaded end of the sockets a7,-and whenthe parts a? and a3 are all connected as shown in Figs. l and 2 and thecap a* and plug member a5 applied thepencil is complete.

The form and construction ofthe cap a4 Patented Nay. 23,1909.l

said cap may bescrewed onto any of the f parts a3 as will be readilyunderstood.

The outer end portion of the part a2 is provided with a socket (Z havingan internal thread d? which corresponds with the threads b2 ontle partsas', and all that is necessary in preparing the pencil for use is todetach the cap a, and 'when the pencil point or lead bs of the firstpart or section aa is used up the plug a5 is detached from the oppositeend of the part a2 and the first part or section a3 is connected withthe part a2 as shown in Fig. 3, and this operation is repeated until allthe parts or sections a3 are used up, and at any Stage of thisproceeding thev lug a5 wit the eraser a may be connect wlth any of thesections a.3

which have been connected with the outer end of the part a2 as shown. Bymeans of this construction and method of operation it will be seenl thatthe pencil will be of the same length all the time, orvas long as it isin use and the part a2 need not necessarily be dierent in length orotherwise from the parts a". i

In- Figs. 4 and 5 provement `ap lied to what is knownas a crayon penciand the only difference between the construction` shown in these iig-vlI have shown my im' ures and that shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive is inthe fact. that crayons j are substituted for the lead or lead points b3shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, and these crayons mayl be of anydesired color, and the-colors of the crayons are placed on the outsideof the pencil or the separate sections thereof as clearly shown in Fig.4. In this form of construction the plug a5 is also used, but the erasera is not shown, but may be employed it' desired. This form of device isparticularly designedfor use by artists and othersy who are under thenecessity of usin crayons of different colors, and it willgbe apparentthat the parts ai3 of the pencil may be separated at any point so as tobring into use a crayon of any desired color.

Although I have described my improvement as particularly adapted for usein conncction with lead or crayon pencils, it will be apparent that thesame may be used as a slate pencil Without in any Way changing theconstruction, except to substitute slate pencil points for the lead orcrayon points. Having fully vdescribed my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A lead or crayon pencil, composed of separate detachably connectedparts, said parts comprisin a cylindrical ortion provided at one en witha reduc cylindrical threaded part having a ointed projection providedwith a socket a apted to receive a pencil or crayon and at the other endwith a socket adapt-ed to receive a correspondin pointed end of anotherpart with a or cra-yon therein, the end portion o said socket beingcylindrical in form and'provided with an internal thread which cor-Vresponds With the thread on the said threaded part..

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 13th day of January1909.

:WILLIAM A. FRASER.

lVitnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, HARRY R, CANFiELn.

